飯顆山頭逢杜甫,
On top of Hill of Boiled Rice I met Du Fu,
頭戴笠子日卓午。
Who in the noonday sun wore a hat of bamboo.
借問別來太瘦生,
Pray, how could you have grown so thin since we did part?
總為從前作詩苦。
Is it because the verse composing wrung your heart?